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to smirk
01
to give a half-smile, often displaying satisfaction, superiority, or amusement
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
smirk
3rd person singular
smirks
Present participle
smirking
Past simple
smirked
Past participle
smirked
Examples
He could n't hide his satisfaction and smirked at the success of his plan.
Smirk
01
a half-smile that can indicate satisfaction, superiority, or amusement
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Abstract
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
smirks
Examples
His smirk made me wonder if he knew something I did n’t.
